#AthenaNuggets: the first cosmic explosions: probing early galaxies through gamma-ray burst afterglows, by Paul O’Brien
Paul O’Brien nicely explains to us how Athena will play a unique role in finding and mapping the earliest star formation sites. Thanks to, the amazing capabilities of Athena, scientists will be able to resolve and measure the X-ray absorption features coming from gas close to the explosion location to probe the sites of the first stars.
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